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Seated Pair Statue

Ka statues were the dwelling places for the spirits of the deceased. These sculptures -some larger than life-size- were placed in a niche in the back of the tomb.

Painted limestone, 39 x 21 x 25.2 cm. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Thutmose III, ca. 1479-1425 BC. Now in the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Two ancient Egyptian New Kingdom-era tombs opened at Luxor necropolis

The first tomb, named “Kampp 161,” was never excavated, while excavation work on the second, “Kampp 150,” was undertaken by archaeologist Kampp short of entering the tomb itself.

Most of the items discovered in Kampala 161 are fragments of wooden coffins. The most notable discoveries are a large wooden mask that was originally a part of a coffin, a small painted wooden mask, a fragment of a gilded wooden mask in poor condition, four legs of wooden chairs that were among the deceased’s funerary equipment, as well as the lower part of a wooden Osirian shaped coffin decorated with a scene of goddess Isis lifting up her hands. December 9, 2017. Read More